AXL ROSE Reportedly Close to Losing Lawsuit Against ACTIVISION For Featuring SLASH - Jan. 31, 2013

The Pulse Of Radio reports that GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose looks like he may lose his $20 million lawsuit filed against video game giant Activision Blizzard, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Rose sued the company in November 2010, claiming that it used an image of former GUNS guitarist Slash in Guitar Hero III after promising him that the game would not feature any reference to Rose's ex-bandmate. Rose claimed that was a condition of him agreeing to license the song "Welcome To The Jungle" for use in the game.

However, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge indicated on Thursday (January 31) that he is inclined to dismiss Rose's suit because he did not file it until a full three years after the game's October 2007 release. Rose has said that he was not aware of Slash's image in the game until later, although documents in the case indicated that an attorney for the singer emailed Activision about it around the time the game came out.

Rose said in a deposition, "The reason I did not file a lawsuit is because Activision — through my managers and representatives — offered me a separate video game and other business proposals worth millions of dollars to resolve and settle my claims relating to Guitar Hero III."

He added, "From December 2007 through November 2010, Activision was offering me a GUNS N' ROSES-dedicated video game, a game dedicated to music from the 'Chinese Democracy' album, and other proposals."

Although Rose's legal team tried to point to emails suggesting that an agreement was in place for Activision to not use any images or music related to Slash, Judge Charles Palmer responded, "The only extrinsic evidence supports Activision's interpretation and does not support Rose's interpretation."

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SLASH: 'I Feel Blessed That I Got To Work With Probably Two Of The Best Singers Out There' -

Finland's RadioCity.fi recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.

Asked if it ever feels like there is "bad karma" following him because both his previous bands fell apart due to disagreements with their respective lead singers, Slash said: "No, I never looked at it that way, because I feel blessed that I got to work with probably two of the best singers out there. You know — especially in GUNS N' ROSES, I mean, obviously. And so what you've gotta do is you have to take the good with the bad. It's just after a while, it got to be impossible [laughs] to get anything really sort of done. But I appreciate the fact that I got the opportunity to be able to do what we did do, ya know.

Interview (audio):

Slash told Rolling Stone in April 2012 that GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose "hates my guts." The two have not performed together since 1993. Rose currently tours with a completely different version of GUNS N' ROSES featuring no original members but him.

During a 2009 interview with longtime friend and former road manager Del James, first published on Spinner, Rose called Slash a "cancer."

In an appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" in May 2012, Slash revealed that Scott Weiland's substance abuse issues weren't the only contributing factor to VELVET REVOLVER's decision to fire the singer. "There was a lot of uncontrollable diva stuff," Slash said. "Serious rock star stuff… You've got this one guy that has decided he's going to dictate to everybody what's going to happen and not even show up. I can't find my shoes in my hotel room. I'm going to go get some coffee and wander down the street and then you can't find him and it's five minutes until showtime. It's classic stuff."

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